“When Nicole DuFresne was killed in New York in 2005, the media twisted the narrative by latching onto a phrase that fell out of her mouth: ‘What are you going to do, shoot us?'”
Brendan Fitzgerald
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Beneath the Blazing Sun, Black Phoenix Sows Community
“Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.”
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Oprah Shamed James Frey. He’s Back Anyway.
“Twenty years after A Million Little Pieces became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.”
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Nowhere in the World To Run: The International Law Ripping Children From Their Mothers
“The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it’s often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.”
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Phorm Energy Screamin’ Freedom
“Whatever else it might be, a military parade is always a reminder of how readily the armed forces can be deployed both at home and abroad.”
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The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone
“‘Who’s calling?’ the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.”
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Inside Job
“When an account gets hacked, social media giant Meta offers little support, spawning a shadowy network of brokers and Meta employees who profit from helping them get back online.”
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The Talented Ms. Highsmith
“I worked for the novelist in her final months. I thought she wanted to kill me.”
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Laughing With the Pain
“You wouldn’t do the kinds of things that happen in a Jackass film in front of just anyone. The most ideal way to endure those kinds of pain is with those you feel the closest to.”